Improved gate-fastening



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`GEORGE. McCOY, OF ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA.

Leiters Patent A70. 71,195, dated November 19, 1867. v

IMPROVLD GATE-FASTENING.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, GEORGE McCOY, of Antioch, county of Contra Costa,State of California, haveinvented a new and improved "Gate-Fastening,and I do hereby declare thc'following description and accompanyingdrawings are suilicient to enable any person skilled in the art orscience to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my saidinvention or improvement without further 'invention or experiment.

The nature of my invention is to provide an improved gatefastening;which shallbe at once secure, simple, and easily operated. This isattained by constructing a case, of metal or other substance, throughwhich a bolt passes. This case is fastened to the `gate so that the-endof the bolt enters the post, and holds the gate securely closed, therebeing a spring, which keeps it always in place. Asnnall lock of ordinaryconstruction placed inside the case, so that when the main bolt is inplace, the bolt of the lock can be enteredinto a slot in it, and keep itfrom' moving. A convenient handle is attached to the main bolt, by whichto operate it.

To more 'fully explain my invention, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specificatioii, of which-Figure 1 is a side view, showing the positonon the gate.

Figure 2 is an enlarged view, with the bolt drawnjback.

Similar letters indicate like parts in each of the figures. Y

A is a case, which is fastened to the gate, so that one end of thefastening-bolt, a, will enter the socket in the post, as shown infig. 1. This bolt has at the other end a handle, B, attachedat themiddle by the pin b. This handle serves to draw back the bolt, and maybe operated from above by aA person on horseback, or from below by afootman, the corners n nserving as fulcra, about either of which thelever moves. steel spring, c, inside the case, acts on the holt to keepit in place except when moved by the lever. g is an ordinary lock,having a bolt, V. This bolt enters the slot d in the main bolt a when itis closed, and prevents it from being moved. This forms a very eilcientgate-fastening, which is at the same time easily managed and not liable`to get out of repair.

Having'thus described my invcntioinwhat I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

A gate-fastening, having the bolt a operated by the lever B and springc, together with the securing-lockv g, or its equivalent, constructedand operated substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

GEORGE McCOY. [1.. 5.] Witnesses: i i

GEo. H. STRONG,

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